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Edward v. Atlantic City R.R. Co.

Court of Errors and Appeals
Oct 20, 1924
96 N.J. Eq. 708 (N.J. 1924)

Opinion

Decided October 20th, 1924.

On appeal from a decree of the court of chancery advised by Vice-Chancellor Leaming, who filed the following opinion:

"I am satisfied that this suit is controlled by the same principles as Coombs v. Atlantic City Railroad Co., in which latter case I have recently filed an opinion to the effect that this court should not grant relief based on the legal rights in land which are claimed by the bill until such rights shall have been established at law. I am unable to discern that the contract between the predecessor in title of complainant herein and defendant's predecessor in title touching the lane, railway station and siding, or the circumstance that complainant herein owns land on either side of and adjacent to the railroad right of way, in any way removes the fundamental objection that the purely legal rights in land asserted by complainant herein are doubtful and unsettled in this state, and that the injury threatened is not irreparable in its nature.

"I will advise an order sustaining the motion against the bill."

Messrs. Bleakly, Stockwell Burling, for the appellant.

Messrs. French Richards, for the respondent.


The decree appealed from will be affirmed, for the reasons stated in the opinion filed in the court below by Vice-Chancellor Leaming. For affirmance — THE CHIEF-JUSTICE, TRENCHARD, PARKER, MINTURN, KALISCH, BLACK, KATZENBACH, CAMPBELL, LLOYD, WHITE, GARDNER, VAN BUSKIRK, CLARK, McGLENNON, KAYS — 15.

For reversal — None.


Summaries of

Edward v. Atlantic City R.R. Co.

Court of Errors and Appeals
Oct 20, 1924
96 N.J. Eq. 708 (N.J. 1924)
Case details for

Edward v. Atlantic City R.R. Co.

Case Details

Full title:EDWARD B. HOLLINSHEAD, appellant, v. ATLANTIC CITY RAILROAD COMPANY…

Court:Court of Errors and Appeals

Date published: Oct 20, 1924

Citations

96 N.J. Eq. 708 (N.J. 1924)